Passage

Luke 24.1-12

Book: Luke · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came unto the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 3. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4. And it came to pass, while they were perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel: 5. and as they were affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? 6. He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 7. saying that the Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 8. And they remembered his words, 9. and returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. 10. Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James: and the other women with them told these things unto the apostles. 11. And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved them. 12. But Peter arose, and ran unto the tomb; and stooping and looking in, he seeth the linen cloths by themselves; and he departed to his home, wondering at that which was come to pass."

"13. And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was threescore furlongs from Jerusalem. 14. And they communed with each other of all these things which had happened." (Luke 24:1-14, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"1. But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 3. They entered in, and didn’t find the Lord Jesus’ body. 4. While they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing. 5. Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6. He isn’t here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee, 7. saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?” 8. They remembered his words, 9. returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. 10. Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. The other women with them told these things to the apostles. 11. These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn’t believe them. 12. But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what had happened."

"13. Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem. 14. They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened." (Luke 24:1-14, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. 2. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. 3. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4. And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 5. And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? ^{the living: or, him that liveth} 6. He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 7. Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 8. And they remembered his words, 9. And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. 10. It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles. 11. And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. 12. Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass."

"13. And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 14. And they talked together of all these things which had happened." (Luke 24:1-14, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain [others] with them, 2. and they found the stone having been rolled away from the tomb, 3. and having gone in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4. And it came to pass, while they are perplexed about this, that lo, two men stood by them in glittering apparel, 5. and on their having become afraid, and having inclined the face to the earth, they said to them, 'Why do ye seek the living with the dead? 6. he is not here, but was raised; remember how he spake to you, being yet in Galilee, 7. saying, It behoveth the Son of Man to be delivered up to the hands of sinful men, and to be crucified, and the third day to rise again.' 8. And they remembered his sayings, 9. and having turned back from the tomb told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. 10. And it was the Magdalene Mary, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the other women with them, who told unto the apostles these things, 11. and their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them. 12. And Peter having risen, did run to the tomb, and having stooped down he seeth the linen clothes lying alone, and he went away to his own home, wondering at that which was come to pass."

"13. And, lo, two of them were going on during that day to a village, distant sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, the name of which [is] Emmaus, 14. and they were conversing with one another about all these things that have happened." (Luke 24:1-14, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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